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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rowe draw attention to himself?
(a) He begins to scream.
(b) He goes into a clearing and jumps up and down.
(c) He yells in English.
(d) He goes into a clearing and waves his white mosquito netting.

2. Why does Rowe feel somewhat exhilarated?
(a) He is to be responsible for no one other than himself.
(b) He makes new friends.
(c) He is growing stronger.
(d) He is allowed more freedom.

3. What is Rowe's dog's name?
(a) Skip.
(b) Hop.
(c) Jump.
(d) Bounce.

4. What lies did Rowe tell upon his capture?
(a) He is a doctor and has no military training.
(b) He is a pilot and has no military training.
(c) He is an engineer and has no military training.
(d) He is only a sergeant.

5. How quickly is Rowe recognized?
(a) Very quickly.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) Not very quickly.
(d) Not at all.

6. What does Rowe's captor do now that he believes Rowe?
(a) He helps Rowe find Americans.
(b) He calls for more Vietcong.
(c) He splits off with him away from the rest of the group.
(d) He lets Rowe run away.

7. When Rowe is asked by a news reporter if he'd been beaten, he says that he wasn't "mistreated severely" and then says that he can't go into it further. Why?
(a) Because he did not want to upset the news reporter.
(b) Because of the possibility of retaliation on other POWs.
(c) Because he is embarrassed about his treatment.
(d) Because he is not sure what happened to him.

8. How long is the camp moved?
(a) For weeks.
(b) For days.
(c) For hours.
(d) For minutes.

9. Rowe is told that the other three are no longer considered prisoners and that he is not to do what?
(a) Help them.
(b) Talk to them.
(c) Write to them.
(d) Trust them.

10. What has Rowe been repeatedly told regarding the National Liberation Front?
(a) It expects him to support them.
(b) It has no support from the people.
(c) It has some support from the people.
(d) It has the full support of the people.

11. What is Rowe given?
(a) Two baby pigeons.
(b) Two baby hawks.
(c) Two baby eagles.
(d) Two baby leopards.

12. What are part of the first meal Rowe is able to order?
(a) Steak and french fries.
(b) Chicken and dumplings.
(c) Ham and steak.
(d) Chicken and ice cream.

13. Who spots Rowe?
(a) The Vietcong.
(b) A tank.
(c) Choppers.
(d) Soldiers.

14. What is Rowe told he can buy with the money he earns from his excess fish?
(a) Sugar and salt.
(b) Sugar and tea.
(c) Garlic and pepper.
(d) Sugar and pepper.

15. What does Rowe think about this first bite of food?
(a) The taste is too strong.
(b) It is the best food he has ever tasted.
(c) It is okay.
(d) It is very sugary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Rowe is offered to eat?

2. Rowe hastily comes up with a cover story, saying that he'd been trying to find better fishing grounds and that he'd set lines along the way. What is enough to plant doubt that Rowe is trying to escape?

3. What do the men then do quickly?

4. When they learn that some Vietcong prisoners are being tried in Saigon, Rowe prays they will be sentenced to what?

5. Who tells Rowe that the other three are being released but that Rowe will "rest here" for the foreseeable future?

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